Mopstick



N. C. HALL MOP STICK Filed. June 15. 1922 Dec. 4 I923.

NATHANIEL C.

HALL, OF OLD LYIVEE, CONNECTICUT.

EVIQPfSTICK.

Application filed June 15, 19252.

new and use ml lm ivcment in N' psticks; A i do hereby deck .e the follow when taken connection with the accompany? drawings and the r-harac s of rolls once marked th ull. clear, and l which erect script seid drawings consiit this application, and "TOPY Fig. l, a face view stick constructed in accordance l nvention, showing a dish-cloth colooted therewith.

Fig. 2, a side view of the same, partly in section, with the cloth removed.

Fig. 3, a sectional view on the line S3 of Fi 1.

ha 0 n This invention relates to improvement In mop sticks, and particuL iv for sink or dislrmops. The object of this invention is to provide a s ick for holding an ordinary disl1clotl1, so that the cloth may be removed and replaced when desired, and the invention consists in the construction as herein after described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out i invention 1 employ a shank 0 formed from a rod of metal provided with or attached to s handle 6. [Litixed the outer end of the shank is a head 7 of cork or other suitable material. The shank, near its inner end, is provided with stops 8 formed by upsetting or notching the sides of the shank. Around the shank, below the stops 8, a wire is coiled to form a ring 9, beyond which. the ends of the wires extend and beyond the stops the 'res are inset, forming shoulders 10, from which the ends 11 and 12 of the wires are one wardlv bowed and formed at their outer ends with eyes 13. Around the outer ends of the wires is a slide 1 1-, preferably formed from rubber, with a metal bushing; 15. An ordinary dish-cloth 16 is wrapped around the head '7, and the wires moved upward andv may be turned on the shank, so that the ends engage with the sides oi the cloth, the u Serial 1%. 568,513.

ward movement of the wires being arrested by the stops 8. The slide is is then moved forward so as to clamp the ends of the wires against the cloth below the head, and the eyes form flat surfaces to secure a firm grip upon the cloth, The cloth thus securely held in place, the device is used c in the ordinary way of a dish mop. With this construction an ordinary dish cloth may be used and when desired may be removed and washed, so that the mop may be kept in a sanitary condition. This device is simple in construction and can be produced at low cost.

I claim:

1. A mop stick comprising a shank, a head mounted on the outer end of said shank, wire arms glidably mounted on said shank for longitudinal movement, and a slide around said shank and arms and adapted to press the outer ends of the arms toward the said shank below the said head, whereby a cloth wrapped around said head will be secured thereto.

2. A mop stick comprising a shank, provided at one end with a handle, a head mounted on the opposite end, wire arms mounted on said shank and rotatably and longitu(finally-movable thereon, the outer ends of the arms being outwardly bowed, and a slide around said shank and arms, and adapted to press the outer ends of the arms toward the said shank below said head.

3. A mop stick comprising a shank, provided one end with a handle and at the opposite end with a head, said shank formed with stops, arms formed from wire wound around said shank beneath said stops, the outer ends of said arms outwardly bowed, and a slide around said arms and adapted to be longitudinally moved thereon to press the outer ends together.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NATHANIEL C. HALL.

Witnesses:

ROBERT H. NOBLE, VJ. H. GRISWOLD. 

